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College of DuPage (COD) houses an abundance of resources to help students stay at the top of their game and succeed, the topmost perhaps being their dental hygiene clinic. Not everyone has insurance. If you aren’t working a job that offers it, you might still be able to get by on your parent’s insurance –... The post Resource Spotlight: Free Dental Hygiene C
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Indie film studio A24 has released its newest feature, “Primetime,” a psychological thriller based on true events. Directed by Lance Oppenheim, the film had considerable hype behind it—its trailer on YouTube amassed over 49 million views in less than two months. Audiences also turned out after a successful opening weekend earned the studio over $19... The po
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Every year around the end of September, I start getting the same itch: I want to be uneasy. Not jump-scare uneasy, but the kind where you read one more chapter at midnight and then keep the hallway light on. After a lot of fall reading, these five are the books I’d press into anyone’s hands. ... The post Leave the Lights On: Five Books for the Season of Unea
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Throughout October, I will be doing a “Hot Ones”- style watchlist. For the uninitiated, “Hot Ones” is a YouTube interview show where host Sean Evans interviews celebrities while they both eat incrementally hotter wings. My idea is to watch two films per week, each scarier and more intense than the last, until you won’t want... The post Halloween “Hot Ones” H
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My mission was simple: shoot a film that includes three elements — a character named Penny, a souvenir and the line, “You know what they always say.” From that point, 50 other teams and I were sent out into the world to make a film and upload it within 48 hours. With a handful of... The post I Participated in a 48 Hour Film Project, and All I Got Was Angina
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Horror and comedy are two sides of the same coin. The goal of either genre is to elicit a response from the audience with the unexpected. Horror wants you to scream from an unexpected jump scare while comedy wants you to howl with laughter after an unexpected punchline. Zach Cregger, director of “Resident Evil,” did... The post “Resident Evil” is Proof You C
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After 40 years of performing, Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE), a professional theater company that performs at College of DuPage’s (COD) McAninch Arts Center (MAC), has planned an anniversary season. The 2026-2027 season includes three unique plays spanning different genres. The 2026-2027 Season will include productions of: “Little Women,” a heartwarming tale
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For Isabella “Luna” Escobar, leadership at the College of DuPage (COD) has never been about the title. Whether serving as last year’s student trustee or this year’s Student Leadership Council (SLC) president, her guiding philosophy has stayed the same: serving others “That’s kind of my favorite way of exercising leadership,” Escobar said. Escobar, a fourth-y
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Editor’s note: This piece has been updated to fix grammatical errors. As students came and went to their class on Sept. 15, they were treated to a rare performance in the Student Services Center’s Atrium: the words of Chicago’s second Poet Laureate, Mayda del Valle. In her first speaking engagement at the College of DuPage... The post College of DuPage’s His
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The Student Leadership Council (SLC) held its first town hall calling in students to weigh in on a proposed tuition freeze. The town hall itself is a new experiment for the council, which they plan to host throughout the year to educate students, share information coming from administration and faculty and collect feedback in return.... The post Student Lead
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